MY 1001 ENTRY - ALUNAN KASIH/WAVE LOVE CUPCAKES

You are reading my 1001th post! I started blogging 15th September 2010 with the idea to compile and share some recipes with friends and my girls. I have not been cooking the moment I started my career, even thought married and have kids. most of the time my maid prepared the meal at home. I only cooked on the weekends. Workaholics and used to  stayed back late...cooking and housework were not in my vocabulary ...until my maid decided not to continue her contract  and my children had grown up and no longer comfortable to have stay in maid, then it leave me with no other choice but to learn to pick up cooking and be a good dearest mommies. From there on I started to search recipes from the net and slowly it builds my interest to have my own cooking blog. My eldest daughter's Ayu coach me in setting and designing this blog, from there on I became enthusiastic and deeply in love with my new venture.

I feel that both my blog and my cooking and baking prowess have grown significantly. I have a greater understanding of cooking and baking, I have gotten much better at photographing, I remembered the first six months I had totally dependent on my children to make the photo shoot, now...I snap everything I cooked myself. The Nikon DX camera that I bought for Ayu's on her 21st birthday seem to be mine now!!! ha..ha...I think I got to get her a new one soon. I have made connections and friends through the online food blogging community. I am having a great time and enjoy every moment of this blogging things.

I have made a special cake for my 1001th and my one year blogversary. It is a sinful Alunan Kasih or Love Waves Cake a cupcake version. Let us indulge to mark this important milestone.  My BIG THANKS to fellow bloggers that inspired and support me. This blog is 1 year 4 months and 13 days, today and on the same day I touch my 1001th post and have more to share with you. It's been so wonderful so far. There has been so many awards and the most important one is gaining like-minded friends from across the globe. I am very thankful that people have showered me with so much support and encouragement. I don't know how to thank you all. I do dedicate my blog to all you who come by regularly and know that my posts are made with you in mind. I hope the blog will continue to interest and entertain and maybe be of help.

Thank You All for your supports and interest shown to PATYSKITCHEN

Wave Love / Alunan Kasih Cupcakes

Vanilla Cake adapated from joyofbaking.com and marshmallow frosting from Rockrecipes.com

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated white sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Zest of 1 large lemon (outer yellow skin)
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (60 ml) milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder to sprinkle
coloring, red, green and original or color of your preference

1. Vanilla Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon zest, flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and milk, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
5. Divide mixture equally with three different colors, the original, red and green
6. Spoon 2 tbsp 1st color, sieve cocoa powder on top and spoon the 2nd color and sieve cocoa powder and finally spoon 2nd the final color  and bake for about 17 - 20 minutes or just until set and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. (Always check a few minutes before the stated baking time. Do not over bake or the cupcakes will be dry.) Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, frost with icing. If you want flat topped cupcakes then slice off the dome of each cupcake, with a sharp knife, before frosting. If you want to pipe the frosting, I like to use a large Wilton 1M star decorating tip.

Anda sedang membaca N3 saya yang ke 1001. Alhamdulillah hari ini genap usia blog ini 1 tahun 4 bulan dan 13 hari dan hari ini juga saya telah mencecah N3 yang 1001. Sekejap aje masa berlalu tanpa disedari. Saya tidak menyangka dapat bertahan sehingga hari ini dan dapat menghasilkan N3 1001 dalam jangka waktu yang singkat. Mana taknya setelah hampir 20 tahun gantung periuk kerana asyik menumpukan perhatian kepada kerjaya saya sahaja. Segala urusan makan minum saya serah bulat-bulat pada pembantu, saya cuma masak pada hujung minggu sahaja. Apabila pembantu saya tamat kontrak dan anak-anak semakin membesar dan kurang selesa dengan pembantu yang tinggal serumah, saya mengambil keputusan untuk masuk ke dapur dan menguruskan anak-anak sendiri. Sejak dari itu saya mula berjinak dengan blog...bukan blog sendiri...blog teman-teman...untuk mencari resipi yang sesuai. Saya mula aktif memasak pada awal tahun 2010...dan selalulah buat reference di blog...sejak dari itu anak saya Ayu mencadangkan saya merekodkan semua yang saya masak dan saya cuba dalam blog saya sendiri. katanya sebagai buku resipi keluarga supaya nanti anak-anak yang lain pun dapat membuat rujukan. 

Mulanya agak meragui tetapi kata Ayu dia akan bantu saya set dan designkan blog, dia ajar saya tentang photography dan cara-cara untuk menggunakan blog. Enam bulan pertama saya memang banyak bergantung kepada anak-anak baik dari segi layout mahupun dari segi mengambil gambar. Kini saya sudah mampu membuat sendiri tanpa bantuan anak-anak, malah kamera yang saya hadiahkan pada Ayu sempena ulang tahunya yang ke21 tahun pun nampaknya sudah menjadi milik saya..kerana sentiasa menggunakkanya. Bukan sahaja saya sudah mahir dari segi mengmbil gambar malah dalam bidang masakan pun ternyata terdapat banyak improvement..resipi-resipi yang selama ini saya takut untuk mencuba sudah pandai saya membuatnya..malah kini boleh dikata saya tidak selesa jika tidak mencuba sesuatu yang baru di dapur...ada aje yang hendak saya cuba.

Dari segi networking alhamdulillah ramai kenalan baru, yang bestnya bukan aje terbatas di Malaysia malah di luar...ramai juga teman baru yang saya perolehi, walaupun tidak pernah bersua muka tetapi selalu terasa dekat dihati. Itulah indahnya berblog ini. Oleh itu sempena ulang tahun blog saya dan sebagai memperingati pencapaian 1001 N3 saya, saya hadiahkan anda semua dengan Kek Alunan Kasih versi cupcake. Resipi ini saya ambil dari joyofbaking.com, vanila cakenya cuma cara membuatnya aje saya guna method kek alunan kasih. Untuk frostingnya saya guna marshmallow frosting dari rockrecipes. Cupcake ini khas buat anda yang selalu menyokong dan selalu mengikuti PATYSKITCHEN. Thank You All for your supports.

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